|
Characteristics
|
Lung cancer cases
|
P value
|
|---|
|
N = 5,509
|
%
|
|---|
|
Gender
| | |
0.01
|
|
Males
|
4554
|
87.3
| |
|
Females
|
660
|
12.6
| |
|
Age group (at diagnosis)
| | |
<0.001
|
|
25–44
|
61
|
1.1
| |
|
45–54
|
263
|
4.8
| |
|
55–64
|
1135
|
20.6
| |
|
65–74
|
1935
|
35.2
| |
|
75–84
|
1754
|
31.9
| |
|
<85
|
357
|
6.4
| |
|
Stage (at diagnosis)
| | |
0.03
|
|
I
|
650
|
11.8
| |
|
II
|
457
|
8.3
| |
|
III
|
887
|
16.1
| |
|
IV
|
2507
|
45.5
| |
|
Not known
|
1008
|
18.3
| |
|
Personal medical history
| | |
0.04
|
|
No
|
2572
|
50.9
| |
|
Lung disease (COPD, Chronic Bronchitis, emphysema)
|
1728
|
34.2
| |
|
Other cancer (excluding lung cancer)
|
193
|
3.8
| |
|
Not available/reliable
|
564
|
11.2
| |
|
Family medical history
| | |
0.04
|
|
No
|
760
|
15
| |
|
LC
|
937
|
18.5
| |
|
Lung disease (COPD, Chronic Bronchitisemphysema)
|
2485
|
49.1
| |
|
Not available/reliable
|
875
|
17.3
| |
|
Smoking status*
| | |
0.01
|
|
Never smoker
|
925
|
16.8
| |
|
Ever smoker
|
4132
|
75.1
| |
|
Not known
|
452
|
8.1
| |
|
Alcohol consumption
| | |
0.04
|
|
No
|
1405
|
25.5
| |
|
Yes
|
1928
|
35.0
| |
|
Not known
|
2176
|
39.5
| |
- *Pooled data: N = 5,057 lung cancer cases with information on smoking status
